guess what....

[keith smith]

Where do the Social Security finds come from?

I pay 15.3% of my earnings in Social Security / Medicare  Isn't that a tax?

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Keith Smith


--- On Sun, 8/2/09, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> From: Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
> Subject: Re: guess what....
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 6:26 PM
> On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 18:22 -0700,
> keith smith wrote:
> > 
> > lets see both are fund by tax dollars and there is no
> actual fund account.
> > 
> > Where does the government get it's money?  Why
> are taxes going up?
> > 
> > The government has no money the take it from us and
> they want more.  At some point they system is
> bankrupt.  We have reached that point.
> > 
> > We cannot afford to continue down this road.  
> > 
> > What is AZ looking to do to balance the budget? 
> What is the Federal deficit?
> > 
> > We are bankrupt.  We cannot tax and spend our way
> out.  It is a seriously flawed system.  
> > 
> > Read the above there is your proof.
> > 
> > I along with the vast majority of Americans are tired
> of the Tax and Spend mentality of our government.  That
> makes the government bankrupt.  
> ----
> Social Security IS NOT funded by tax dollars.
> 
> What part of that do you not understand?
> 
> First you claimed it was bankrupt...it is not.
> 
> Now you claim it is funded by tax dollars...it is not.
> 
> What is it about the truth that scares you to make this
> stuff up?
> 
> Craig
> 
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